JUNE 26, 2017 — Many key drivers for dry cargo demand have reported a significant uptick in 2017, resulting in improving conditions for all vessels in the multipurpose shipping sector, according to
JUNE 26, 2017 — Leading Indonesian satellite communications provider Primacom has signed a multiyear agreement with satellite operator SES (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) under which it will use SES Networks’ Maritime+ service to
JUNE 26, 2017 — The Navy has named Rear Adm. (lower half) Brian Fort as lead for the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) investigation being conducted pursuant to the Manual of the Judge
JUNE 26, 2017 — The Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) reports that on June 12, 2017, the Coast Guard’s national Director of Inspections and Compliance formally recognized PVA’s Flagship Safety Management System (SMS)
JUNE 26, 2017 — Austal (ASX:ASB) reports that it has won a contract worth up to $584 million to build the Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship LCS 28 for the United States
JUNE 26, 2017 — Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) has launched a new service center in Savannah, GA, the third largest container port in the United States. The operations in
JUNE 26, 2017 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) have reached an agrerement to jointly develop next-generation vessel monitoring and support systems for
JUNE 24, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) yesterday announced a proposed rule that would modify the agency’s recent beryllium standards for the construction and
JUNE 23, 2017 — Italian tug operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti has taken delivery of two new Damen tugs: Danimarca, an ASD 2913, and Columbia, an ASD 2411. Danimarca was delivered in Genoa on
JUNE 23, 2017 — The Association of Bulk Terminal Operators is calling for a complete overhaul of the cargo sampling and liquefaction testing protocols for ships transporting raw ores and less common